Don't worry about being replaced by a robot, writes Joe Queenan: If they're so smart, they won't want to take over our work.
Americans justifiably fear that robots are going to take our jobs. Tireless, immune to disease, not given to heavy partying, robots can build cars, brew venti lattes and even write short, humorous newspaper columns faster and more efficiently than humans. Way more efficiently.
Robots do not need health insurance or pensions, and they do not need to take sick days, much less vacations. They do not waste time at meetings and do not get bogged down in office politics. They don’t do PowerPoint. This being the case, there is no...
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